Past events 2025
World Localization Day is being celebrated throughout June - all over the world. Browse below the wide range of local events organised in June 2025. Make sure to be part of the growing localization movement next year in June 2026.
World Localization Day Podcast Extravaganza - Tune into the biggest story of our times - the story of a great cultural turning from global to local. This three-part podcast series offers the most up-to-date portrait of the localization movement, as it manifests in diverse areas of the globe.
Hosted by Henry Coleman - Local Futures
Location: online from Australia
Free 4-part podcast series - Learn how you can contribute to thriving communities and healthy local food systems with this free 4-part conversation series between Permaculture Education Institute founder Morag Gamble and World Localization Day founder Helena Norberg-Hodge. Sign up to get full access to this series.
Hosted by Parmaculture Education Institute
Location: online from Australia
Guided Forest Tour on the Farm - In honour of World Localization Day, take a walk through the food forest with Bunya—agroecologist, grower, and walking encyclopedia of edible ecosystems. You’ll learn what thrives in our region—crops like taro, cassava, and moringa—and take home cuttings to start your own edible patch.
Hosted by The Farm
Location: Byron Bay, Australia
World Localization Quiz Night By Good Life X and Barefoot Cafe! - Good Life X together with Barefoot Café brings to you a special World Localization Day Quiz Night! Join us for a fun-filled quiz night exploring local food, culture, nature, and the power of building thriving local futures. Rally your team, test your knowledge on the locality of Sri Lanka, in great company and a warm, welcoming atmosphere. Everyone’s welcome – come as you are!
Hosted by Good Life X and Barefoot Café
Location: Colombo, Sri Lanka
Strengthening Local Economies - World Localization Day runs globally throughout June. Its themes align with NENA's upcoming Conference themes: Pathways to a Thriving World - Building Economies for People and Planet. Join co-convenors Susan Wanmer and Yolanda van Gellecum in conversation about the financial models and governance structures, creating prosperous local economies - including cooperatives.
Hosted by New Economy Network Australia
Location: online from Australia
Online Localization Film Festival - The fourth film screening of this online festival will feature the film 'The Power of Local', followed by an international discussion. Register for free for the last film screening of this festival.
Hosted by Permaculture Education Institute
Location: online from Australia
Film screening and presentation - Join the Local Futures Ladakh team for a presentation and story telling on buckwheat followed by a film screening. The evening will end with open mic and dancing. Download poster here.
Hosted by Local Futures Ladakh
Location: De Khambir, Zangsti, Leh, Ladakh
Online Localization Film Festival - In celebration of World Localization Day, foodwize invites you to a special screening of Planet Local: A Quiet Revolution'. This powerful film highlights community-led solutions, featuring voices like Jane Goodall, Noam Chomsky and Naomi Klein. Stay back after the film for an open space to reflect and share stories. Download poster here.
Hosted by Foodwize
Location: Bangalore, India
Local Prosperity Lab - A networking event for any passionate individuals and groups who, like us, want to live in and create the region of their dreams. We want to help boost your efforts by showing what's happening around our region and beyond, but we also want to give you the opportunity to network with other like minds.
Hosted by Relocalise Northern Rivers
Location: Byron Bay, Australia
Mid-winter Feast - Come to Dorroughby Hall to celebrate mid-winter and localized abundance in community! A local food banquet will nourish, live music will serenade, sauna and firepits will warm your hearts and your toes. All started up with a mushroom inoculation workshop by hyper-local mushroom wizard Jamie. Download poster here.
Hosted by Jamie Alexander, Henry Coleman and Dorroughby community
Location: Dorroughby, NSW, Australia
Day of Localization - Film screening of 'Closer to Home' at 10.30am followed by a seed saving workshop from 'Seeds of Scotland' at 12pm at Kilmallie Community Centre.
Hosted by Kilmallie Community Fridge and Garden
Location: Fort William, Scotland
'Caravan of Hope' online film premiere - The 'Caravan of Hope' film shares the heart-warming story of the burgeoning, grassroots, localization movement throughout Japan. Keibo Oiwa will be joining Anja, Pacha and Yani for a Q&A session after the online screening. Watch the film trailer here.
Hosted by Local Futures
Location: Byron Bay, Australia
GLGWL Crop Swap -We invite our neighbours, backyard and community gardeners, and urban homesteaders to come together regularly to share the abundance of their garden-grown fruits and veggies at the Common Ground Community Garden, located at 13 Poplar Street in Greenwood Lake, NY. Download poster here.
Hosted by Grow Local Greenwood Lake
Location: Greenwood Lake NY, USA
The Solutions are in the Soil - This is a 4 day course about the Soil Food Web. During this course we will meet several important inhabitants of a healthy soil: bacteria, fungi, nematodes, earthworms, and more. What’s their purpose? How do they relate to each other? How can we help them so they can do their important work?
Hosted by Provision Transylvania
Location: Țara Cǎlatei/ Kalotaszeg, Romania
Film screening and Local Seed Exchange - Join us for an evening of short films, sharing local seeds and Q&A with localization leaders Pacha Light (Patagonia Surfer and activist) and Henry Coleman (Local Futures). We're also encouraging people to bring along their (self-collected, non-hybrid) local seeds to share and exchange.
Hosted by Local Futures
Location: Patagonia store in Burleigh Heads, Gold Coast, Australia
Joint Seminar on Localization - A seminar on localization bringing together 18-20 organizations for lively discussion, exhibition, and a cultural program.
Hosted by Institute of Wellbeing
Location: Dhaka, Bangladesh
Stall at Environment Day Fair - During the annual World Environment Day Fair in Dhaka, Bangladesh, the Institute of Wellbeing will have a stall where they will have an exhibition on localization.
Hosted by Institute of Wellbeing
Location: Dhaka, Bangladesh
Exhibition of Local Fruits and Products - At Rayer Bazar High School in Dhaka people will gather for a display of and discussion about local fruits and other products and the importance of localization.
Hosted by Institute of Wellbeing
Location: Dhaka, Bangladesh
Film screening and Chiang Mai Green Drinks - Join us at Free bird cafe for 2025 World Localisation Day! We will screen this years film 'The Power of Local'. This event is free with a purchase from our lovely venue and social enterprise Free Bird Cafe.
Hosted by Natalie Limwatana
Location: Chiang Mai, Thailand
Super Soup with Your Local Organic Farmers - Visit the farm shop for a warming morning tea, lunch, or afternoon snack, celebrating 10 years of Margaret River Organic Farmer: growing good protein for our community. Download poster here.
Hosted by Margaret River Organic Farmer
Location: Margaret River, Australia
Deep Ecology - Honouring the Winter Solstice - During this Deep Ecology workshop we will be exploring a variety of group processes which connect us to each other and the rest of the living world by creating space to touch some of the big emotions associated with the state of our world. These processes are co-authored by John Seed of the Rainforest Information Centre and Joanna Macy anti-nuclear campaigner.
Hosted by What Can I Do Australia
Location: Sydney, Australia
Caminho das Águas - Rios de Favela/ Path of Waters - Rivers of Favela - Visit the favela rivers of Rio de Janeiro. Download poster to found out more about the weeklong program: here.
Hosted by Rede Favela Sustentável
Location: Rio de Janeiro/RJ, Brazil
Film screening "Closer to Home" and sharing local food - A gathering of like-minded people interested in solutions to the current conditions leading to a systems collapse.
Hosted by Beatrice Lucas
Location: Naarm, Melbourne, Australia
Open Space - World Localization Day - For our annual World Localization Day celebration we will watch the short film 'Town Anywhere Tooting' to look at how the people of Tooting, Wentworth UK, went about identifying their vision as they would like their town to be in 2040. Join us for afternoon tea and discussion. Download poster here.
Hosted by Transition Bridgetown Inc
Location: Bridgetown, Australia
Festa della Gentil Pasta - This event will include tastings of biodiverse pasta made from ancient grains and evolutionary populations and meet small local farmers!
Hosted by Rete Semi Rurali - Az. Agricola Rosario Floriddia - Az. Agricola Sun Agricoltura - Az. Agricola Podere Montisi - Az. Agricola Il Pereto
Location: Populonia Stazione Piombino, Italy
Heritage Treasure Hunt - A Quest for the Local Spirit - We are organizing a children’s Treasure Hunt in Naxal on 21st June, 2025 around the theme “Localization of Spirit” to creatively reconnect the younger generation with the rich culture, everyday life, and layered history of Naxal.
Hosted by Digo Bikas Institute (DBI)
Location: Kathmandu, Nepal
Localization Weekend - Hunter Valley - People can set up camp before a 1pm tour of the mandala market garden. There will be lantern making and crafts, followed by a lantern walk, first nation talk, bonfire and a shared meal around campfires. On 22 June there will be a crop and clothes swap and talk by Agriculture consultant Ben Sharp followed by a shared meal.
Hosted by Purple Pear Farm
Location: Hunter Valley, Australia
Online Localization Film Festival - The third film screening of this online festival will feature the film 'Planet Local', followed by an international discussion. Register for free and find out about all four dates of this exciting festival.
Hosted by Permaculture Education Institute
Location: online from Australia
Local Community Day - The celebration continues with a full day of community connection! Local makers and organizations will gather across the farm for an event that highlights the diverse talents and offerings of our region.
Hosted by A Meaningful Purpose at Reed's Farm
Location: Egg Harbor Township, USA
An Evening at Juntos Farm - Experience the heart of Ibiza’s regenerative movement with an Evening at Juntos Farm, a full-day invitation to slow down, connect with the land, and celebrate community. From morning harvests to evening gatherings, we’re open all day long with something meaningful for everyone.
Hosted by Juntos Farm
Location: Santa Gertrudis, Ibiza, Spain
Online film screening of 'Ladakh: The Glacier Shepherd' and guest talk - In preparation for World Localization Month in June, the film follows the life of a female shepherd in harsh natural conditions, followed by a commentary talk by Sukarma Gyurmet, representative of NPO Julay Ladakh. Download poster here.
Hosted by Sloth Club, NPO Julay Ladakh
Location: online from Japan
Film Screening and Lunch - On June 21st World Localization Day we will be gathering to share a delicious meal prepared from all regeneratively farmed and locally sourced fresh produce at the Tham Me Restaurant to celebrate World Localization Day 2025 with the screening of 'The Power of Local'. The film is in English with Thai subtitles.
Hosted by Ali (แก้ว) Asawa
Location: Bangkok, Thailand
Diwrnod Garlleg / Garlic Day - As part of World Localisation day Gerddi Ffrancon Community Gardens are hosting an event. Traditionally garlic is planted on the shortest day of the year and harvested on the longest day. We will be celebrating our local food growing community by digging up our garlic and cooking garlic soup with it.
Hosted by Gerddi Ffrancon Community Gardens
Location: Bethesda, Gwynedd, Wales
Cakaudrove Youth World Food Day - The youth groups of Raikivi, Nayala, Sovulo and Nanuca village will come together to cook and prepare fijian food for the day. They will also do a fish drive as part of the celebration that will take place at Nanuca village.
Hosted by Cakaudrove Provincial Youth Council
Location: Savusavu, Fiji
Whiptail Garden Date - Join the down-to-earth celebration of local wisdom, connection, and practical gardening skills as part of World Localization Day! What to expect: hands-on learning in composting, thoughtful approaches to weed management that care for the soil, a walk-and-talk through the orchard, and more. Bring a hat, a friend, and your curiosity!
Hosted by Whiptail
Location: Running Creek, Australia
Repair Cafe Whangarei - A monthly event where volunteers donate their time to help you repair your items. We're happy to help you learn how to repair. Repair skills available this month:
sewing, darning, tool and knife sharpening, electrical repair, general repair, wood working.
Hosted by For Our Real Clean Environment
Location: Whangarei, Aotearoa, New Zealand
Let's Dig In! Film Series - Welcome to Let's Dig In, a film series that explores our planet's ecosystems and the importance of sustainability. We highlight the connection between humanity and nature, showcasing innovative solutions and inspiring resilience. Stick around after the screenings for the expert panel discussions and farmers market!
Hosted by Regenerate MKE, Beyond Organics 777, MKE Film
Location: Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA
Composting at Home and in the Community - Come and bring your appropriate food scraps to the Lakeside Farmers Market on Saturday, June 21st from 9 AM - 1 PM at Winstanley Park in Greenwood Lake NY, learn about composting from Jim Hall, Ermin Siljovic and Chad Pilieri and get an at home compost container. Download poster here.
Hosted by Permaculture Education Institute
Location: Grow Local Greenwood Lake
Community Planting, Seacliff Dunes - The City of Holdfast Bay has been working to improve the dunes ecosystem for approximately 20 years. We would like to invite you to join us for a fun morning of planting. This will be an opportunity to be involved in the transformation of this area and to get to know other local residents and the wider community. Booking essential.
Hosted by City of Holdfast Bay
Location: Seacliff, Australia
World Localization Day - In celebration of World Localization Day on Saturday, June 21, join the Centre for Local Prosperity at 11:30am at the Avondale Hall for a screening of and discussion about Local Futures' short film Closer to Home and grab lunch from PieceMeal Food Provisions! Download poster here.
Hosted by Centre for Local Prosperity
Location: Avondale, Canada
World Localization Day - Pop down to Harvest Launceston on Saturday 21st to swap some seed and connect with your local Transition group to find out all about what World Localization Day is and how you can help yourself, your community and the planet by thinking, acting and connecting locally.
Hosted by Transition Tamar
Location: Launceston, Australia
World Localization Day auf Kulturhof Hinter Musegg - Join the film screening of 'Closer to Home' produced by Local Futures followed by a panel discussion and a delicious meal prepared with local food. Celebrate the international festival with various activities at the Kulturhof.
Hosted by Kulturhof Hinter Musegg
Location: Lucerne, Switzerland
Bandra Loकल - It’s a space to celebrate what makes the Bandra neighbourhood special — the people, the ideas, and the everyday actions that shape Bandra. We will hear local stories, celebrate achievements, and explore what it means to build a WISE locality that is rooted in Well Being, Inclusive, Sustainable and Entrepreneurial energy
Hosted by Blue Ribbon Movement
Location: Mumbai, India
Operationalising GNH Conference - This conference brings together global changemakers to reimagine development beyond GDP. In response to today’s global crises, the gathering seeks to spark a paradigm shift toward a more conscious, connected, and regenerative future. Download poster here.
Hosted by Conference for Operationalising GNH
Location: Paro, Bhutan
Free Baby and Toddler Clothes Swap - Free clothes swap and drop-in centre, each Friday (except school holidays). Pop in to exchange your decent quality baby and toddler clothes, change the baby's nappy, have a cuppa and chat with our volunteers and other mums, dads and carers. Download poster here.
Hosted by PBB Media
Location: Mullumbimby, Australia
Solstice Potluck Lunch, Learn and Make Art - Potluck, permaculture storytelling and art making.
Hosted by RegenerateMKE, Wisconsin Women in Conservation, Michael Fields Agricultural Institute, Milwaukee Urban Ag Network
Location: Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA
Bloomin Fresh - Grand Reopening - This event launches the partnership of Bloomin Fresh run by community minded friends Steph and Amy. The shop hosts a variety of local goods and ethically sourced products in the small regional town of Beaufort, Victoria. The nursery filled with native plants and locally grown seedlings.
Hosted by Bloomin Fresh
Location: Beaufort, Victoria, Australia
Summer Solstice Celebration - At Reed’s Farm, we believe that real change starts right here - at home, with our neighbors, and with the land beneath our feet. We’re kicking things off on the evening of the summer solstice with wood-fired pizzas, panel discussion, herbal beverages, music, and more.
Hosted by A Meaningful Purpose at Reed's Farm
Location: Egg Harbor Township, USA
TDG Sustainability Talk - This learning session aims to deepen our understanding of how simple, practical solutions — such as turning food waste into healthy soil — can have a powerful impact in promoting sustainability both at home and in the workplace. Featured speaker is Ms. Rina Papio, Founder of Soilmate Collective and GreenSpace.
Hosted by Transnational Diversified Group
Location: Taguig, Philippines
Millet Food Festival - As part of the Learning Societies Unconference 2025 we will host a local millets food festival. This event will feature delicious food dishes made of different organic millets as well as chefs and farmers sharing their millet recipes.
Hosted by Farmversities.org Alliance and Swaraj University
Location: Coimbatore, India
Conversation about Localization - Join us for an inspiring hour with three speakers exploring how indigenous food systems, local cultures, and car-free cities all contribute to healthier, more resilient communities.
Hosted by Carfree Cities Alliance & Institute of Wellbeing Bangladesh
Location: online from Bangladesh
Picnic de Traje - Join us for a picnic with local food and recipes to mark the celebration of Día Mundial de la Economía Local - World Localization Day.
Hosted by Ribering Coworking
Location: Aranda de Duero, Spain
Learning Societies Unconference 2025 - This 5-day intergenerational event is organized to celebrate localization. It will feature over 100 hands-on workshops and talks from farmers, artists, chefs, designers, healers, grandmothers, holistic educators, unschoolers, etc. We are expecting over 1000 people to join.
Hosted by Shikshantar Andolan
Location: Coimbatore, India
Agroecology and Food Sovereignty Fair - 200 Smallholder farmers will gather at this fair where farmers will showcase local agroecological practices whilst others will display their local seed diversity and diets. We will celebrate our healthy food as we stand up tall to defend our Zimbabwean food systems.
Hosted by Zimbabwe Smallholder Organic Farmers Forum (ZIMSOFF)
Location: Masvingo district, Zimbabwe
Mapping Localization and the New Economy in Australia - This is the third in a series of three online workshops. In this final workshop we'll link in with World Localization Day and discuss ideas about how to 'hack the system' and address common challenges around resourcing, regulations, and more.
Hosted by New Economy Network Australia - NENA Localisation Hub
Location: online from Australia
Eco:mmunion - Conversations to Sustain People and Planet - Looking for a space to talk about climate change and the things affected that we love? Join us for a monthly discussion focused on a relevant topic. This month we're discussing Food! Download poster here.
Hosted by Kate Waller Barrett Branch Library
Location: Alexandria, USA
Composting Workshop - Composting workshop with ASPTA and the Magic Formula of Peace Collective, in the agroecological garden space.
Hosted by Agro-Cultura uma Formúla Magica da Paz
Location: Estrada Almirante Santiago Dantas, Barros Filho- Conjunto Habitacional Haroldo de Andrade 4 , Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Common Grains Meet-up - This day-long event offers members of the Common Grains network a chance to connect, explore our vision for the network, and discuss the steps needed to bring it to life. We'd love as many of you to attend as possible!
Hosted by Common Grains, Seed Sovereignty - The Gaia Foundation
Location: Newton Dee, Scotland
Reclaiming Education as a Path to Economic Transformation - Join this webinar for a rich and grounded dialogue on how education can help us exit systems of dependence and build new paths based on cooperation and community autonomy. Lineup: Thais Mantovani and Manish Jain, and more.
Hosted by Local Futures, EcoUniversidade, and Shikshanktar
Location: online from India
Scottish Seed Fest - The Scottish Seed Network welcomes anyone who is saving seeds, already involved in our Seed Sovereignty Programme, or simply interested in getting started. This day long event will include a range of workshops and activities throughout the day.
Hosted by Seed Sovereignty - The Gaia Foundation
Location: Newton Dee, Scotland
Online Localization Film Festival - The second film screening of this online festival will feature the film 'The Economics of Happiness', followed by an international discussion. Register for free and find out about all four dates of this exciting festival.
Hosted by Permaculture Education Institute
Location: online from Australia
Online film screening of 'Ladakh: The Glacier Shepherd' and guest talk - In preparation for World Localization Month in June, the film follows the life of a female shepherd in harsh natural conditions, followed by a commentary talk by Sukarma Gyurmet, representative of NPO Julay Ladakh. Download poster here.
Hosted by Sloth Club, NPO Julay Ladakh
Location: online from Japan
Spark Fest Music & Art Festival - SparkFest invites people of all ages and cultural backgrounds to come together to spark connections around music and art. Attendees are invited to participate in visual art experiences and enjoy a diverse lineup of musical performances.
Hosted by Springhouse Community School
Location: Floyd, USA
Crop Swap 79 - A once-a-month gathering in Kate Flint's driveway, where people can bring anything to do with food: growing, cooking, eating, preserving, composting, learning books, tools, plants, garden produce, kitchen creations and appliances, seeds, jars, and more. Watch a video here.
Hosted by Kate Flint
Location: Cygnet, Tasmania
Waste Not Hub - Come to the monthly 'Waste Not Hub' held the second Saturday of the month. For two hours, we focus on waste reduction in the local community. On this month is: clothes swap, textile mending circle,
gardening circle (talk by Brunswick Community 4 Nature. Tickets available soon), and more.
Hosted by Moonee Valley Sustainability
Location: Melbourne, Australia
Feijunina - June Festival with Solidarity Feijoada - Feijoada in favor of Casa de Santa Ana, all proceeds will be donated to benefit the elderly, children and young people enrolled at the Institution. Download poster here.
Hosted by Casa de Santa Ana
Location: Rua Albano, nº 55, Praça Seca, Cidade de Deus, Brazil
Ride Revolution Launch Event - Celebrating the launch of the Ride Revolution in the Zenadth Kes (Torres Strait, Australia), with the arrival and distribution of bicycles in the community, prioritising First Nations women, mothers, caregivers of all kinds, and children.
Hosted by Mobilise TI
Location: Waibene, Thursday Island, Australia
Azienda Agricola Floriddia - Let's Cultivate Diversity 2025! Agroecologia will be the common thread of this year's rich program of activities. How to become truly agroecological and biodiverse? Download program here.
Hosted by Rete Semi Rurali
Location: Tuscany, Italy
Local Power in Mexico/ El Poder Local en México - Register for this exciting webinar with voices from four major movements in Mexico. Moderated by Patricia Moguel Viveros (Etnoecología A.C.) and Anja Lyngbaek (Local Futures). The webinar will be held in Spanish. We invite everyone to watch the film The Power of Local before the webinar.
Hosted by Local Futures, Etnoecología A.C., Alianza Pro La Salud Alimentaria
Location: online from Mexico
Wild Roots Nature Fest - Nature-based festival aiming to help people connect with the natural world. There will be: Tai chi, nature-based yoga, singing walks, foraging, guided nature walks, nature connectivity & creativity with Natural England, and a Trail of Nature competition around the town centre. Download poster here.
Hosted by Wildlife Wellbeing Walks CIC
Location: Lancaster, UK
Localise food systems - STHIRA Webinar - This webinar will introduce food system themes, understand root causes and connections, spark creative thinking and inspire students to become custodians of resilient food systems. Especially designed for Indian University students, however, everyone can register to join.
Hosted by foodwize
Location: online from India
Slowly Reconnecting - This event will focus on the book 'Hida-Hatsu Tsunagarizukuri Innovation' (Handkerchief Books), published in April 2025, and will explore the future of life and the region behind the words related population, regional autonomy, relocation, and local economy. Download poster here.
Hosted by Sloth Club and Handkerchief Books
Location: online (Japanese language)
Localization Day Japan 2025 - Learn about seeds, food and agriculture, community, job creation, disaster prevention and care, indigenous wisdom, and localization movements in Japan, and discover and connect with the activities of the communities where you live.
Hosted by Localization Day Japan
Location: online, 10:00-18:00 (Japanese language)
Environmental Fair/ Feira de Meio Ambiente - Every year 45GERJ organises the Amigos de Olaria Environmental Fair in June, bringing together several local institutions and friends with a lecture and much more.
Hosted by 45GERJ
Location: Praça Mal Maurício Cardosa, Olaria, Brazil
Online Localization Film Festival - The online film festival will kick off on 7 and 8 June with the screening of the film 'Ancient Futures', followed by a discussion. Register for free and find out about all four dates of this exciting festival. Helena Norberg-Hodge, founder of Local Futures, will be joining the session on June 7
Hosted by Permaculture Education Institute
Location: online from Australia
Summer Potluck! - Come join the summer potluck and get to know your fellow local food enthusiasts. Hosted by Grow Local Greenwood Lake at the home of Camille Strano and Frank Puccio. Please bring a dish to share and your own drinks. The wood-burning oven will be fired up to make artisan pizza.
Hosted by Grow Local Greenwood Lake
Location: Greenwood Lake, USA
Beauty Glow Tribute to Educator Alba Lucia Makeba - Alba Lucia Makeba, Cultural Animator at Colégio Estadual Guadalajara, passed away on May 20, 2024. With presentations by partner Afro Groups and Blocks and a Percussion workshop by CRiA in partnership with SER (Se Essa Rua Fosse Minha)
Hosted by CRiA Conexão de Ritmo e Arte
Location: Rua Aristides CAIRE SN, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Online film screening and guest talk - The film 'Closer to Home' produced by Local Futures is a united call for a new economy, delivered by those who have committed their lives to working for systemic change. Guests speakers are Tomoya Inkaki, Secretary General of the OK Seed Project, and Mika Tsutsumi, an international journalist. Download poster here.
Hosted by Sloth Club
Location: online from Japan
Gold Hill Organic Farm Open Farm Sunday - This yearly event, promoted by LEAF (Linking Education And Farming UK), which encourages farms to hold an open day and encourage local people to visit. This year, Gold Hill Organic Farm in Dorset have collaborated with World Localization Day.
Hosted by Gold Hill Organic Farm
Location: Child Okeford, Dorset, UK
Permaculture at the Pub - Organised amongst locals to have a meet up at the pub, the idea is a casual get together for anyone wanting to talk gardening, sustainability, self-sufficiency, compost, local community, and more.
Hosted by Maplewood Permaculture
Location: Paterson, Australia
Tree planting as an act of faith - We're planting trees in the community where the area is strongly affected by too much deforestation in order to protect the ecosystem.
Hosted by Mother Earth Sustainable Agricultural Association
Location: Kumba, Cameroon
Recycling Star at the Environmental Culture Fair -
The fair will offer a variety of activities, environmental actions, craft workshops using recycled materials, solidarity exchanges and artistic presentations aimed at audiences of all ages and social classes, free of charge. Download poster here.
Hosted by Centro Social Cultural e Esportivo Estrela do Amanhã do Jardim Guaratiba
Location: Rua Antônio Raiol, Guaratiba, Rio de Janeiro
Localization Talk Show in Bengali - What does localization mean to you? Why is it important for us? These and other questions were discussed in an online talk show.
Hosted by Institute of Wellbeing
Location: online from Bangladesh
Closer to Home - film watching and dinner - Ahead of World Localization Day we will gather to enjoy dinner at Tham Me restaurant, where all the produce is organic and locally sourced followed by the screening of the film 'Closer to Home' (with Thai subtitles) and discussion. Download poster here.
Hosted by Alison Asawaroengchai
Location: Tham Me (fka Yak Ka Jon) in Banthatthong, Bangkok, Thailand
Local Food Club meetup - A Local Food Club meetup is an informal, free, monthly gathering. Members connect by sharing dishes, stories, and ingredients to celebrate regional flavors and build community. These meetups foster sustainable food practices and are open to everyone passionate about local food.
Hosted by The Locavore
Location: different cities, India
Sowing the Seeds of Local Community - Learn about local traditions, heirloom seeds, cultural preservation and food sovereignty withe Abenaki Tribal Garden, Soro Community Gardens and Green Mountain Linen.
Hosted by BALE - Building a Local Economy
Location: Vermont, USA
Online film screening of 'Ladakh: The Glacier Shepherd' and guest talk - In preparation for World Localization Month in June, the film follows the life of a female shepherd in harsh natural conditions, followed by a commentary talk by Sukarma Gyurmet, representative of NPO Julay Ladakh. Download poster here.
Hosted by Sloth Club, NPO Julay Ladakh
Location: online from Japan
Celebrating Enoughness - A Savouring workshop, also known as Taking in the Good. Turn the tables on the hardwired negativity bias with a technique to amplify the power of small, good, usually overlooked moments. There'll be yoga, meditation, forest walks, discussion, practice. Silent morning.
Hosted by Joyfulmind
Location: Foresthaven, Maclean NSW, Australia
Workshop - let's transform our lives and communities - The event takes place at the Green Friends annual meeting where four green organisations meet together. There will be a presentation by Anja Lyngbaek from Local Futures. The workshop is held in Danish. Download poster here.
Hosted by Danish Ecovillage Network
Location: Avnoe Oasis Ecovillage, Lundby, Denmark
Bioregional Festival 2025 - This bioregional festival is a celebration of the land, people, and life in our corner of Transylvania. We will screen the Local Futures Closer to Home and the ALPA, Land for Life documentaries, enjoy arts and crafts workshops, cook and enjoy local food together and then dance into the night. Download poster here.
Hosted by Alpa Land, Land for Life
Location: Țara Cǎlatei/ Kalotaszeg, Romania